Psychology

Lorraine Hope

Dr. Lorraine Hope

Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology

Psychology

lorraine.hope@port.ac.uk

Profile

Background

BA (Hons) University of Lancaster
MSc University of Bristol
PhD University of Aberdeen

I joined the Department as a Lecturer in 2004 and I am a member of the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology. Prior to this, I was a researcher at the University of Aberdeen and worked on a number of projects examining the particular strengths and vulnerabilities associated with eyewitnesses and, in particular, older eyewitnesses. During this period, I also worked with the Eyewitness Research Group and the local Grampian Police on associated projects, including the production of facial composites, such as E-fits. I also have an interest in jury systems and biases associated with juror and jury decision-making and my doctoral work examined the impact of biases on memory and decision-making.

 

Teaching Responsibilities

I am Unit Co-ordinator for the following Units:
     Psychology and the legal process (MSc Forensic Psychology)
     Cognitive and Social Psychological Perspective on Persuasion & Influence (BSc
     Psychology;  BSc Psychology & Criminology)
     Introduction to Cognitive Processes (BSc Psychology; BSc Psychology & Criminology).   

I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations on eyewitness recall and identification, legal decision making, social influence and other applied memory topics.

Research Projects

  • Interviewing eyewitnesses: Enhancing output quantity and diagnosing accuracy.Collaborators:  Professor Neil Brewer (Flinders University) and Dr Fiona Gabbert (University of Abertay)
  • Memory Contamination and Co-witness Interactions; Collaborator: Fiona Gabbert (University of Abertay).
  • Design & Development of a Scene of Crime Recall Tool. Collaborators: Fiona Gabbert (University of Abertay);  Professor Ron Fisher (Florida International University)
  • A Survey of Practitioners' Beliefs regarding Trauma and Memory. Collaborators: James Ost (University of Portsmouth); Professor Chris French (Goldsmiths); Daniel Wright (University of Sussex) & Simon Easton (University of Portsmouth).

Recent Publications

 

More recent publications

Technical Reports

Gabbert, F. & Hope, L. (January, 2012). Field Evaluation of the Self-Administered Interview. Report for the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Investigative Interviewing Committee.

Hope, L. & Gabbert, F. (2010). The Impact of Conferring on Individual and Collaborative Recall in a Policing Context. Report for the Metropolitan Police Service & Metropolitan Police Federation.

Hillstrom, A. P., Hope, L., & Nee, C. (2008). Applying psychological science to the CCTV review process. Report for the Home Office (Scientific Development).

Mearns, K. & Hope, L. (2005). The Management of Health in the Offshore Environment. HSE Books.

Research Grants

 

Economic & Social Research Council.  Learning from the expert: Can observing the oculomotor behaviour of expert face processors improve training of face matching?  Hillstrom, A., Hope, L. & Sauer, J. (Awarded:  January 2012).

Home Office Scientific Development Branch.  Review of training methods for facial image comparison. Hillstrom, A., Hope, L. & Sauer, J. (Awarded:  December  2010).

Higher Education Investment Fund.  Hope, L. Self Administered Interview Recall Tool: Website Development (Awarded: August, 2010).

British Academy (£7,496). Flowe, H., Hope, L., & Hillstrom, A. Beyond novelty? Oculomotor evidence of the role of attention in the weapon focus effect (Awarded:  March 2010).

Higher Education Investment Fund.  Hope, L. Market Assessment of the Self Administered Interview Recall Tool (Awarded: August, 2009)

Economic & Social Research Council.  Gabbert, F. & Hope, L.  Improving the delivery of justice for victims, witnesses and society: Field Trials of the Self Administered Interview Recall Tool. (Awarded: August, 2009).

Economic & Social Research Council. Hope, L., Gabbert, F. & Brewer, N.  Interviewing eyewitnesses: Enhancing output quantity and diagnosing accuracy. (Bilateral Programme Award RES-000-22-3169: April 2009)

Australian Research Council. Brewer, N., Hope, L. & Gabbert, F. Interviewing eyewitnesses: Enhancing output quantity and diagnosing accuracy. (Bilateral Programme Award; April 2009)

Metropolitan Police Service & Metropolitan Police Federation.  Hope, L. & Gabbert, F. Examining the Impact of Conferring on Individual and Collaborative Recall in a Policing Context. (Awarded: January 2009).

Home Office Scientific Development Branch.  Hillstrom, A., Hope, L. & Nee, C.  Applying psychological science to the CCTV review process: A review of cognitive and ergonomic literature (Awarded: January 2008).

British Academy. Gabbert, F., Hope, L., & Fisher, R.  Protecting Eyewitness Evidence: Testing the efficacy of a Self-Administered Interview tool. (Award Period: 2007-2008)

Nuffield Foundation. Hope, L. Monitoring target search activity in a sequential lineup: Can we identify a successful identification strategy?  (Summer Bursary Award: 2007).

 British Academy.  Gabbert, F., Hope, L., & Fisher, R. Supporting Eyewitness Memory with a Self-Administered Scene of Crime Recall Tool.  (AwardPeriod: March-November, 2006)

Nuffield Foundation. Hope, L. Memory and arousal:  Examining the role of attention in the weapon focus effect.  (Summer Bursary Award: 2006).

British Psychological Society Research Seminars Competition.  Blank, H., HopeL., Gabbert, F., Wright, D. & Ost, J.  Examining Social Influence on Memory: From Theory to Application. (Award Period: 2006)

 

Invited Presentations & Lectures

 

  • Invited Seminar:  Witness Memory and the Self Administered Interview.  Metropolitan Police, London (6 January 2012).
  • Invited Seminar:  Witness Memory – Tools & Techniques to Enhance Recall.  Greater Manchester Police – Meeting of Investigative Interviewing Regional Advisors (28 September 2011)
  • Invited Seminar:  The Self-Administered Interview: Capturing Witness Memory at the Scene. CEPOL European Police College, Stockholm, Sweden (25 May 2011).
  • Invited Presentation:  Interviewing eyewitnesses: Enhancing output quantity and diagnosing accuracy using the Grain Size technique.  British Psychological Society Workshop:  Metacognition:  Where next? Hosted by the University of Hull (5-7 November, 2010).
  • Invited Address: Improving Post-Crash Response (Roadpeace, London):  Witness statements – how to get the most from them (22 September, 2010)
  • Invited Seminar:  Capturing Eyewitness Memory.  Greater Manchester Police (20 September, 2010)
  • Invited Seminar:  Witness Memory and the Self Administered Interview.  Oslo Police Headquarters, Norway (25 & 26 August, 2010).
  • Invited Address:  Risky Business - Learning from other High Risk Industries for Patient and Public Safety (September, 2009). 
  • Invited Seminar: Capturing Memory: Psychology of Witness Memory (Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Belfast, June 2010)
  • Invited Plenary Symposium (July, 2009): Novel Procedures to Improve the Collection of Eyewitness Testimony’. Society of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Kyoto, Japan
  • Invited Presentation:  Forensic Psychology – Investigation & Interviewing Conference (University of Leicester, July 2009)
  • Invited Lecture: Capturing Memory: Psychology of Witness Memory (Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, Dublin;  May 2008 & 2009)
  • Invited Lecture:  Investigative Interviewing Meeting (British Transport Police; April 2009)
    • Invited Lecture:  Capturing Eyewitness Memory (Flinders University, Australia; March, 2009)
    • Invited Day Session:  Eyewitnesses & Jurors in the Criminal Justice System (University College Cork, Ireland; 2008 & 2010)

  For more information about the Self-Administered Interview (SAI©), please click on www.selfadministeredinterview.com

For more info click on my website: www.lorrainehope.com